Woman is shot and killed by Jersey City police

JERSEY CITY -- A city woman was shot dead by police after she allegedly attacked them with a kitchen knife last night, authorities said.

The police-involved shooting took place on a night when officers were mourning the loss of Marc DiNardo, a 10-year veteran of the force who died after he was taken off life support yesterday morning. DiNardo was critically injured during a wild shootout last week that left four other officers injured and armed robbery suspects Hassan Shakur and Amanda Anderson dead.

Google MapsA woman who allegedly attacked police with a knife was shot dead by Jersey City police near Journal Square last night, according to a city spokesman.

According to city spokesman Stan Eason, officers responded to reports of a domestic dispute at 87 Van Wagenen Ave. in the area of Journal Square around 9:20 p.m. The woman attacked the officers with a kitchen knife, cutting one officer on the hand and grazing another on the head, Eason said.

The officers commanded the woman, who was not identified, several times to drop the knife, according to Eason. He said she refused.

"They were set upon by the woman," Eason said. He said one officer then shot the woman, who later died from her injuries.

Both officers were taken to Jersey City Medical Center and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to Eason, who did not know how many times the officer fired or how many times the woman was struck.